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Jean E. Karl (Jean Edna Karl) was born on 29 July, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, US, is an American novelist. Discover Jean E. Karl's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
| Popular As |
Jean Edna Karl |
| Occupation |
Editor, author |
| Age |
73 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
29 July, 1927 |
| Birthday |
29 July |
| Birthplace |
Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Date of death |
2000 |
| Died Place |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US |
| Nationality |
United States
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Jean E. Karl Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Jean E. Karl Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jean E. Karl worth at the age of 73 years old? Jean E. Karl’s income source is mostly from being a successful novelist. She is from United States. We have estimated Jean E. Karl's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
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| Salary in 2023 |
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| Source of Income |
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Timeline
Jean Edna Karl (July 29, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois – March 30, 2000 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) was an American book editor who specialized in children's and science fiction titles.
She founded and led the children's division and young adult and science fiction imprints at Atheneum Books, where she oversaw or edited books that won two Caldecott Medals and five Newbery Medals.
Mount Union College in 1949 and immediately began work in the book industry, initially at Scott Foresman in Chicago (Dick and Jane readers ), then at the Methodist Church-owned Abingdon Press in New York City (children's editor ).
The founder of Atheneum, Alfred A. Knopf, Jr. personally recruited her in 1961 to establish the Atheneum Books for Young Readers division
which she led until she retired.
There she started the imprints Aladdin Paperbacks (mass market children's) and Atheneum Argo (young-adult science fiction [hardcover ]).
Atheneum is now part of Simon & Schuster.
E. L. Konigsburg was a suburban mother of three schoolchildren without previous publications when she submitted two manuscripts in 1966; Karl accepted both.
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was published first, then Mixed-Up Files.
One of the Newberys went to the new writer E. L. Konigsburg in 1968 for From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
Karl was born and raised in Chicago.
She graduated from the Methodist Church-affiliated
Ursula K. Le Guin had published the first Earthsea book with the California small press Parnassus in 1968.
Anne McCaffrey had published two Dragonriders of Pern books with Ballantine in 1968 and 1971, and had a contract for one more.
Karl hoped to attract more female readers to science fiction by providing the right characters.
She wrote two important books about children's books: From Childhood to Childhood: Children’s Books and Their Creators (John Day, 1970) and How to Write and Sell Children's Picture Books (Writer's Digest Books, 1994).
Vicki Palmquist at Children's Literature Network credits the former with a "satisfying look into how publishing decisions are made".
They won the Newbery Honor (in 1971, retroactive) and the Newbery Medal, still the only Newbery recognitions for two books by one author in one year.
Konigsburg has called Karl her "forever editor" and "stalwart editor".
Without mentioning a name, she explained the editorial process to Scholastic Teacher (no date):
The second, third, and fourth books were published by Atheneum in 1971, 1972, and 1990.
The Tombs of Atuan (1971) earned a Newbery Honor and The Farthest Shore (1972) a National Book Award in category young people's literature.
Beginning in 1973, Karl edited five Patricia A. McKillip books including the author's first novel in 1974 The Forgotten Beasts of Eld after it was rejected by an adult publisher.
It won the first World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.
Karl oversaw or edited books that won two Caldecott Medals, five Newbery Medals, five Newbery Honors (honorable mentions), one National Book Award, and one World Fantasy Award.
Others won eight Edgar Allan Poe Awards.
Around 1974 she solicited "a story for young women in a different part of Pern".
Karl wrote science fiction for children and young adults: a collection The Turning Place (E. P. Dutton, 1976) and novels Beloved Benjamin is Waiting (Dutton, 1978), But We are Not of Earth (Dutton, 1981), and Strange Tomorrow (Dutton, 1985).
Her science fiction was originally submitted under her grandmother's maiden name R. W. Munson.
Ms. Le Guin lists five other books published by Atheneum, 1976 to 1992 "(major books only, principal US editions only)".
McCaffrey worked up a languishing false start as Dragonsong and they contracted for a sequel before it was out in 1976.
Dragonsinger and Dragondrums followed in 1977 and 1979.
After retiring in 1985 she continued to edit books (as Atheneum editor-at-large ) almost until her death in 2000.
She died at a hospice in Lancaster with no immediate survivors.
She was long active in the Children's Book Council for which she served as president, and in the Association of American Publishers.
